Erschienen in:
25.01.2021 | Letter to the Editor
Letter to the Editor: Functional Voice and Swallowing Outcome Analysis After Thyroid Lobectomy: Transoral Endoscopic Vestibular Versus Open Approach
verfasst von:
Alexander J. Papachristos, Julie A. Miller
Erschienen in:
World Journal of Surgery
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Ausgabe 6/2021
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Excerpt
In a retrospective single-surgeon cohort study, Han et al. [
1] describe the functional outcomes after thyroid lobectomy via a transoral endoscopic vestibular approach (TOETVA) in comparison with the traditional open thyroidectomy for 100 consecutive patients. A number of validated subjective and objective measures were used to assess voice and swallowing outcomes, and follow-up was complete to three months and partially complete to 12 months. We commend the authors for their comprehensive approach to postoperative functional assessment and for their meticulous data collection. …